Yet another basic project has crossed the threshold of my shop on the way out. This time, the painted pine Christmas Tree Stand for my artificial Christmas tree. The original plastic piece of junk died when disassembling the tree at the end of last Christmas season, so I have been wanting to build a new one, as the year went on, other priorities kept creeping up, until a couple of weeks ago, I decided it was time for me to get busy with it. This has actually been done for a little over 2 weeks, I just lacked the paint to finish it, and the inspiration to go get it… I thought about coating it with the same white I painted the library with, but I thought better of that… Nope. It needed to be hunter green…

Well Thanksgiving came, and went, and feeling the Turkey bloat, I KNEW I had to spray this thing, or I wouldn’t get that tree up…

So this afternoon, a trip to Home Depot to get some supplies, a spray can of Rustoleum hunter green was tossed into my basket, along with some stuff to go under that tree…

The arms are designed by me, simple curves done on the band saw, everything sanded on the Ridgid sander, and I rounded the edges over with a 1/2” roundover bit.

This wasn’t what I would call fancy, or even fine woodworking, but it sure will be functional. And God willing, it will be an important piece of my family history for many years go come…